#EBCphotography: A view of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Studios in Japan

The Hogwarts Castle at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka which attracts numerous visitors yearly. (Photo by Tyra’nell Pille-Lu, EBC Japan/ Eagle News Service)

 

The Black Lake surrounding Hogwarts Castle which can be found only in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka which attracts numerous visitors yearly. The Black Lake is one of the two main attractions that are not found in the Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and Hollywood, California (Photo by Tyra’nell Pille-Lu, EBC Japan/ Eagle News Service)

 

One of the shops at the picturesque Hogsmeade village found in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Studio Japan (USJ) in Osaka which attracts numerous visitors yearly. (Photo by Tyra’nell Pille-Lu, EBC Japan/ Eagle News Service)

 

More than three years after the Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Studio Japan (USJ) in Osaka on July 15, 2014, USJ has doubled its foreign visitors and reached two million in 2017.

According to an expert, the theme park’s original attractions that are not found elsewhere have met foreign public demand.

Two of the main attractions that are not found in its counterparts in Orlando, Florida and Hollywood, California are the Hogwart’s Black Lake (see photo above) and the live owls.

(Photos and text by Tyra’nell Pille-Lu, EBC Japan/ Eagle News Service)